Distance learning Course Management of Pedagogical Gardens
Background The Pedagogical Gardens Project was developed through a partnership between the Ministry of Citizenship and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa, for its acronym in Portuguese) and had the support of the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE, for its acronym in Portuguese), which is a Reference institution in Brazilian education. The Project’s objectives […]
Innovate in the Garden – Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background The city of Jundiai, with 430 thousand inhabitants, has been investing in school gardens since the beginning of 2000. The municipality counts on the Green Valley, which is an organic garden with 15 thousand square meters of cultivable area and about 80 varieties of products that supply municipal and state schools. In addition, planning […]
School garden, from the vase to the orchard, an intersectoral experience in promoting healthy eating – Porto Alegre, South of Brazil
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil South Region Background Porto Alegre is the second Brazilian capital with the highest number of overweight people, the capital with the highest weekly consumption of soft drinks and ultra-processed foods and the capital with the most diagnoses of diabetes. On the other hand, it is a reference in […]
The inclusion of organic foods in the school feeding program of Marechal Cândido Rondon, Paraná, Brazil
(Municipality in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil, with an estimated population of 54,031 inhabitants) Background Since the approval of Law Nº 11.947, on June 16, 2009, which established the purchase of 30% of family farming products for school meals, all 5,570 municipalities in Brazil had to adapt to reach the target stipulated by […]
Food delivery during the pandemic in Santarém, in the Amazonia Region, northern Brazil
(municipality of the State of Pará, Amazonia Region, northern Brazil, population estimated at 308,500 inhabitants) a) Background The start of the pandemic and the closure of presential learning spaces and consequently of the offer of all services, including school meals, the different levels of government had to seek alternatives to the health emergency and minimize […]
